Related papers: A note on Serrin's overdetermined problem
Motivated by the Serrin problem, we study weak solutions of the generalised Alt-Caffarelli problem $-\Delta u = f$ in $\Omega$, $u = 0$ on $\partial\Omega$, $\partial_\nu u = Q$ on $\partial\Omega$. Our main result establishes that if…
We examine Serrin's classical overdetermined problem under a perturbation of the Neumann boundary condition. The solution of the problem for a constant Neumann boundary condition exists provided that the underlying domain is a ball. The…
In this paper we prove the uniqueness of the critical point for stable solutions of the Robin problem \[ \begin{cases} -\Delta u=f(u)&\text{in }\Omega\\ u>0&\text{in }\Omega\\ \partial_\nu u+\beta u=0&\text{on }\partial\Omega, \end{cases}…
We consider the $p$-Laplacian equation $-\Delta_p u=1$ for $1<p<2$, on a regular bounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^N$, with $N\ge2$, under homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. In the spirit of Alexandrov's Soap Bubble Theorem and…
A celebrated conjecture due to De Giorgi states that any bounded solution of the equation $\Delta u + (1-u^2) u = 0 \hbox{in} \R^N $ with $\pp_{y_N}u >0$ must be such that its level sets $\{u=\la\}$ are all hyperplanes, {\em \bf at least}…
In this paper, we study the existence of a solution for a class of Dirichlet problems with a singularity and a convection term. Precisely, we consider the existence of a positive solution to the Dirichlet problem $$-\Delta_p u =…
We consider the supercritical elliptic problem -\Delta u = \lambda e^u, \lambda > 0, in an exterior domain $\Omega = \mathbb{R}^N \setminus D$ under zero Dirichlet condition, where D is smooth and bounded in \mathbb{R}^N, N greater or equal…
Let $\Omega$ be a measurable Euclidean set in $\mathbb{R}^{n}$ that is symmetric, i.e. $\Omega=-\Omega$, such that $\Omega\times\mathbb{R}$ has the smallest Gaussian surface area among all measurable symmetric sets of fixed Gaussian volume.…
We consider the following elliptic system \Delta u =\nabla H (u) \ \ \text{in}\ \ \mathbf{R}^N, where $u:\mathbf{R}^N\to \mathbf{R}^m$ and $H\in C^2(\mathbf{R}^m)$, and prove, under various conditions on the nonlinearity $H$ that, at least…
For a domain $\Omega\subset\dR^N$ we consider the equation $ -\Delta u + V(x)u = Q_n(x)\abs{u}^{p-2}u$ with zero Dirichlet boundary conditions and $p\in(2,2^*)$. Here $V\ge 0$ and $Q_n$ are bounded functions that are positive in a region…
Given any $n \geq 2$, we show that if $\Omega \subsetneq \mathbb{R}^n$ is an open convex domain (e.g. a half-space), and $u : \Omega \to \mathbb{R}$ is a solution to the minimal surface equation which agrees with a linear function on…
We derive the unique continuation property of a class of semi-linear elliptic equations with non-Lipschitz nonlinearities. The simplest type of equations to which our results apply is given as $-\Delta u = |u|^{\sigma-1} u$ in a domain…
Let $\textbf{A}$ be a symmetric convex quadratic form on $\mathbb{R}^{Nn}$ and $\Omega\Subset \mathbb{R}^n$ a bounded convex domain. We consider the problem of existence of solutions $u: \Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n \longrightarrow…
Let $\Omega $ be a smooth bounded domain in $\R^N, N>1$ and let $n\in \N^*$. We are concerned here with the existence of nonnegative solutions $u\_n$ in $BV(\Omega)$, to the problem $$(P\_n) \begin{cases} -{\rm div} \sigma +2n (\int\_…
We present an analytic approach on how to solve the problem $|\nabla u|=f(u)$, $\Delta u = g(u)$, in connected domains $\Omega\subseteq\mathbb{R}^n$.
The classical Serrin's overdetermined theorem states that a $C^2$ bounded domain, which admits a function with constant Laplacian that satisfies both constant Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions, must necessarily be a ball. While…
We construct nontrivial unbounded domains $\Omega$ in the hyperbolic space $\mathbb{H}^N$, $N \in \{2,3,4\}$, bifurcating from the complement of a ball, such that the overdetermined elliptic problem \begin{equation} -\Delta_{\mathbb{H}^N}…
We investigate an overdetermined Torsion problem, with a non-constant positively homogeneous boundary constraint on the gradient. We interpret this problem as the Euler equation of a shape optimization problems, we prove existence and…
This paper investigates sloshing problems defined by $-\Delta u=0$ in $\Omega$, with mixed boundary conditions: $\partial_{\nu}u=\lambda u$ on $S$, and either $\partial_{\nu}u=0$ or $u=0$ on $W$. Here, $\Omega$ represents a smooth bounded…
In this paper the existence of solutions, $(\lambda,u)$, of the problem $$-\Delta u=\lambda u -a(x)|u|^{p-1}u \quad \hbox{in }\Omega, \qquad u=0 \quad \hbox{on}\;\;\partial\Omega,$$ is explored for $0 < p < 1$. When $p>1$, it is known that…